COLUMN: College football legend living in anonymity in Mississippi

12:32 AM,
Jan. 22, 2014

Written by

Rick Cleveland

The phone call came from area code 503, Oregon, so I wasn't sure what to expect. What a pleasant surprise: The caller was Hall of Famer Art Davis, the great Mississippi State football star from the 1950s.

"You've got one of the greatest college football players in history who has lived in Mississippi for decades, and nobody down there even knows who he is," Art Davis told me. "People need to know about Duke Carlisle. See what you can do."

Art Davis turns 80 later this year. I do as my mama taught; I obey my elders. ...